view gallery S5.5 km | Early Explorers in Llano County in Texas Historical Markers This post-mounted subject marker stands defiantly between two boulders in a little pull-out on SH71 15 miles east of Llano. posted by: QuesterMark location: Texas date approved: 10/25/2015 last visited: 10/10/2020 |
view gallery S7.4 km | Packsaddle Mountain in Texas Historical Markers This old gravestone marker is 15 miles southeast of Llano, at the intersection of SH 71 and CR 309. posted by: QuesterMark location: Texas date approved: 10/24/2015 last visited: 03/10/2018 |
view gallery E8.2 km | BN0042 - "M 119" bench mark disk - Kingsland, TX in U.S. Benchmarks This benchmark is located by a railroad line near the old "Victorian House at the Antlers Hotel" establishment in Kingsland, Texas. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 04/22/2015 last visited: 08/15/2014 |
view gallery E8.4 km | Victorian House at The Antlers Hotel - Kingsland, Texas in Relocated Structures Originally built in 1909, this house was a residence in Round Rock, TX. It was used as a movie set for "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre", then ultimately relocated 50 miles west to Kingsland, TX to be converted into a café adjoining a resort area. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 02/10/2015 last visited: 05/23/2020 |
view gallery E8.4 km | Antlers Hotel - Austin and Northwestern Railroad Historic District--Fairland to Llano - Kingsland, TX in NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings The boundaries extend beyond the right of way in Kingsland to include the Antlers Hotel and its associated buildings and structures built by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1901. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 03/13/2018 last visited: 06/18/2021 |
view gallery E8.4 km | Antlers Hotel in Texas Historical Markers This post-mounted subject marker stands in front of the hotel itself, outside the fence, to the right of the gate on King Court Road in Kingsland. posted by: QuesterMark location: Texas date approved: 06/20/2021 last visited: 03/12/2018 |
view gallery E8.4 km | San Antonio and Aransas Pass Depot - Kingsland, TX in Train Stations/Depots Muldoon (Fayette County) Depot circa 1890s relocated to Kingsland. It is now a gift shop/antique shop in Antler's Hotel Complex. It sits next to inactive tracks. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 03/13/2018 last visited: never |
view gallery E8.4 km | McKinney Coach - Kingsland, TX in Static Train Cars Parked next to the old RR depot. Part of the Antler's Inn complex, it has been remodeled into a place to stay. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 03/12/2018 last visited: never |
view gallery E8.4 km | Houston & Texas Central Caboose - Kingsland, TX in Train Cabooses Green caboose with Houston & Texas Central logo on the side. NW 518693 is the number on the side. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 03/15/2018 last visited: never |
view gallery E8.4 km | Southern Pacific & Texas and New Orleans Caboose - Kingsland, TX in Train Cabooses Yellow caboose with Southern Pacific Logo and the words Texas and New Orleans below it. NW 555097 is also on the caboose. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 03/15/2018 last visited: never |
view gallery E8.4 km | Austin and Northwestern Caboose - Kingsland, TX in Train Cabooses Faded red caboose with Austin and Northwestern Railroad logo on the side. NW 518543 is the number on the side. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 03/15/2018 last visited: never |
view gallery E9 km | BN0038 - "L 119" bench mark disk - Kingsland, TX in U.S. Benchmarks This benchmark is located at the northwest side of a railroad bridge crossing the Colorado river in Kingsland, Texas. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 02/10/2015 last visited: 08/15/2014 |
view gallery NE10.3 km | C.S.A. Salt Works in Texas Historical Markers Texas Historical Marker commemorating the salt works that was once nearby -- now under Lake Buchanan -- and its use by Texas and the Confederacy during the Civil War. Located in a roadside park at the intersection of TX 29 and TX 261. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Texas date approved: 04/28/2013 last visited: 05/17/2013 |
view gallery E10.6 km | Fisher - Miller Grant in Texas Historical Markers This granite block, set in concrete, is behind a fence at the overlook rest stop on Lookout Mountain on FM-1431 about a mile out of Kingsland. posted by: QuesterMark location: Texas date approved: 07/24/2021 last visited: 07/23/2021 |
view gallery E11.1 km | BN0037 - "K 119" bench mark disk - Kingsland, TX in U.S. Benchmarks This benchmark is located on a rock outcrop near FM 1431 and Caldwell Blvd (CR-127) about 2 miles southwest of Kingsland, Texas. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 04/22/2015 last visited: 08/15/2014 |
view gallery NE11.9 km | NOT LANDLOCKED - Lake Buchanan Lighthouse - Llano County, TX in Landlocked Lighthouses Built privately by Raymond Barker in 1984. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 04/25/2016 last visited: never |
view gallery NE12.9 km | Buchanan Dam – Burnet, TX in Engineering Landmarks Completed by the LCRA in 1939, Buchanan Dam is the largest multi-arch dam in the world and a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark of Texas in its own right. posted by: Tygress location: Texas date approved: 09/13/2013 last visited: 06/08/2019 |
view gallery NE12.9 km | Lake Buchanan Dam - Burnet, Texas in Water Dams Completed in 1937 as the first of the Highland Lakes chain (and launching the LCRA), Lake Buchanan is the largest multiple-arch dam in the U.S. and a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark of Texas. posted by: Tygress location: Texas date approved: 09/04/2013 last visited: 06/08/2019 |
view gallery NE12.9 km | Buchanan Dam -- Burnet Co. & Llano Co. TX in Hydroelectric Power Stations The first and most beautiful of all the LCRA Highland Lakes Dams, Buchanan Dam is a 2-mile long multiple-arch hydroelectric dam in Burnet and Llano Counties of Texas posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 10/08/2015 last visited: 05/09/2016 |
view gallery NE12.9 km | Buchanan Dam - Burnet, TX in WPA Projects Located on the Colorado River, it is 143 ft from bed to parapet. It develops a reservoir of 23,500 acres. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 06/15/2019 last visited: never |
view gallery NE13.5 km | Highland Lakes Chain – Lake Buchanan – Burnet, TX in Engineering Landmarks The first of what became the Highland Lakes Chain (a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark of Texas), Lake Buchanan is still the largest and boasts the largest multiple-arch dam in the U.S. posted by: Tygress location: Texas date approved: 09/17/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery E13.7 km | Hoovers Valley Cemetery - Buchanan Dam, TX in Worldwide Cemeteries Settlement of the area began in the early 1850s. The community was named for the Hoover family, who bought a 640-acre homestead there in 1854. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 03/11/2018 last visited: 09/06/2019 |
view gallery S13.7 km | CR310 Pole Cap Benchmark in U.S. Benchmarks A "pipe cap" Benchmark with deucedly little information beyond Altitude beside CR 310. Serendipitously, it is within 30 feet of GZ for GC1C6MA Short Cut #13 posted by: Tygress location: Texas date approved: 07/24/2008 last visited: 07/19/2008 |
view gallery E13.8 km | Hoover's Valley Cemetery in Texas Historical Markers This little subject marker is affixed to a short pink granite monument next to Park Road 4 where County Road 119 ends. The cemetery it commemorates is on the opposite side of PR 4 in Burnet. posted by: QuesterMark location: Texas date approved: 08/11/2021 last visited: 11/12/2021 |
view gallery NE13.8 km | TX-29 Colorado River Bridge - Burnet County, TX in Orphaned Bridges Bridge closed to traffic. Chainlink fenced to prevent diving and fishing from it. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 06/10/2019 last visited: 06/08/2019 |
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